TY - BOOK AU - Sharp,Carolyn J. TI - The Oxford handbook of the prophets T2 - Oxford handbooks series SN - 9780199859559 AV - BS 1505.52 .O93 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - Bible KW - Prophets KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Bible. Prophets - Criticism, Interpretation, Etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; I. CONTEXTUALIZING THE PROPHETS -- A. Ancient Social and Cultic Contexts -- 1. Prophetic intermediation in the Ancient Near East / Martti Nissinen -- 2. Prophecy and Priesthood / Lester L. Grabbe -- 3. Prophecy and Diaspora / Jill Middlemas -- 4. Prophecy in Persian Yehud / Jon L. Berquist -- 5. Prophecy and Apocalyptic / Stephen L. Cook -- B. Historical Methods and Textual Representation -- 6. Material Culture, Iconography, and the Prophets / Brent A. Strawn -- 7. Textual Criticism of the Prophetic Corpus / Eberhard Bons -- 8. History and Memory in the Prophets / H.G.M. Williamson -- II. INTERPRETING THE PROPHETS -- C. Literary Criticism -- 9. Isaiah : Structure, Themes, and Contested Issues / Ulrich Berges -- 10. Jeremiah : Structure, Themes, and Contested Issues / Mark Leuchter -- 11. Ezekiel : Structure, Themes, and Contested Issues / Andrew Mein -- 12. The Twelve : Structure, Themes, and Contested Issues / Rainer Kessler -- 13. Daniel and Apocalyptic Imagination / Anathea E. Portier-Young -- 14. Metaphorization and Other Tropes in the Prophets / Julia M. O'Brien -- 15. Genre Criticism and the Prophets / Barbara Green -- 16. Redaction Criticism and the Prophets / James D. Nogalski -- D. Topical Studies -- 17. The Prophet as Persona / Else K. Holt -- 18. Prophetic Words and Acts as Survival Literature / Louis Stulman -- 19. God and Violence in the Prophets / L. Juliana Claassens -- E. Reception History -- 20. The Prophets and in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Alex P. Jassen -- 21. The Prophets in the New Testament / J. Ross Wagner -- 22. Rabbinic Reception of the Prophets / Isaac B. Gottlieb -- 23. Early Christian Reception of the Prophets / Ronald E. Heine -- 24. Medieval Reception of the Prophets / Mary Chilton Callaway -- III. ENGAGING THE PROPHETS -- F. Situated Readings -- 25. Contemporary Jewish readings of the Prophets / Marvin A. Sweeney -- 26. Feminist Interpretation of the Prophets / Christl M. Maier -- 27. Womanist Approaches to the Prophets / Valerie Bridgeman -- 28. Materialist Analysis of the Prophets / Gale A. Yee -- 29. Postcolonial Readings of the Prophets / Steed Vernyl Davidson -- 30. Queer Readings of the Prophets / Jennifer J. Williams -- 31. Postmodern Engagements of the Prophets / Amy Kalmanofsky -- G. Interdisciplinary Interventions -- 32. The Prophets and Theology / Shannon Craigo-Snell -- 33. The Prophets and Ethics / Traci C. West -- 34. The Prophets and Pastoral Care / Michael S. Koppel -- 35. The Prophets and Homiletics / Leonora Tubbs Tisdale and Carolyn J. Sharp -- H. Future Horizons in the Study of the Prophets -- 36. Futures in Prophetic Studies / Walter Brueggemann -- 37. The Prophets : Looking Forward / Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer ER -